‘The
Russian arms exporting agency was the sender,’ PM Erdoğan (R) says speaking
alongside Kazakh President Nazarbayev in Ankara
Prime
Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said that that the Syrian passenger plane
forced to land in Ankara Oct. 10 was carrying banned ammunition, and named a
Russian agency as sending the material to Syria.
“Russian
arms exporting agency was the sender and the receiver was the Syrian Defense
Ministry. The material has been confiscated and is being examined,” Erdoğan
said, speaking at a joint press conference following talks with Kazakh
President Nursultan Nazarbayev.
“Carrying
such materials through our airspace is against international rules,” Erdoğan
said, adding that on passenger flights it is even banned to carry a large
number of jackknifes. “However, in this situation, this rule has unfortunately
been violated.”
Erdoğan
ruled out claims that the postponement of a visit by Russian President Vladimir
Putin’s scheduled for Oct. 14-15 was somehow related to the issue, saying that
during a telephone conversation earlier this week the two leaders jointly
decided to postpone the visit.
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